Highlights from next Tuesday's release of Australian Social Trends 2005 (Media Release)

MEDIA RELEASE

July 8, 2005

Embargoed 11:30am (AEST)

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Highlights from next Tuesday's release of Australian Social Trends 2005

Next Tuesday (12 July), the Australian Bureau of Statistics will release its annual analysis of social change in Australian society in the publication Australian Social Trends 2005.

Highlights from the publication's analysis of current and emerging trends include:

people in their twenties now and 25 years ago

recent fertility trends

future living arrangements

grandparents' role in caring for their grandchildren

deaths of children as a result of injury

school students' mathematics and science literacy

casual employment

the gap between men's and women's wages

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' contact with the law.

The complete contents of Australian Social Trends 2005 is listed below.

Australian Social Trends 2005 (cat. no. 4102.0) will be released next Tuesday (12 July) at 11.30am (AEST). The entire publication will be available via this website at this time.

Hard copies availableHard copies of the publication are being made available to media from ABS capital city offices, by request only. Hard copies will also be delivered to the Canberra Press Gallery, again by request only.

If you have not ordered your hard copy(s) already, you must contact us before 10am Monday 11 July to ensure availability the following day.

AUSTRALIAN SOCIAL TRENDS 2005: List of ContentsChapters and Articles

Population

Work

Future living arrangements - uses population projections to discuss future living arrangements.

Social circumstances of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people - examines changes since 1994 in areas such as health and disability, education, work, income and housing.

People in their 20s: then and now - compares the characteristics and experiences of people in their 20s in 1976 and 2001.

Recent fertility trends - looks at Australian fertility trends over the ten years 1993-2003.

Labour force transitions - focuses on people who change labour force status from one month to the next.

Nursing workers - looks at the characteristics of nursing workers and changes over time.